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people who are responsible for
sabbatical in
our lives are completely and
Israel in 1998,
transparently corrupt!'
Daniel Gordis, a rabbi and
And the Palestinians only
dean of a rabbinic studies .
had two choices, neither of
program at he University of
them very good.
Judaism in Los Angeles,
"It's just a little strange that
began sending e-mails to
we are now yearning for the
about 40 friends back home. Harry Kirsbaum party founded by Arafat;' he
He wrote about his family,
Columnist
said about Fatah.
wife Elisheva, his two sons
"Two weeks ago, Arafat was
and daughter, within the context of his-
a bad guy; and this week, we just dream
torical events happening in Israel at the
of the guy',' he said."Hamas, at least we
time, like the peace negotiations.
know, calls it like if is. Fatah has one arm
One year became two; a sabbatical
that negotiates ... and the other arm
became an aliyah, and his e-m' ails
blows you up."
became forwarded thousands of times.
Hamas doesn't pose the same threat
One day, a New York Times Magazine
as Iran, he said. They can kill people;
editor contacted him for a cover story.
they can demoralize the state, "but they
Books followed, and people still read his
can't bring down the entire state,' he
e-mails.
said.
When Rabbi Gordis,
On the day Rabbi Gordis
now director of the
spoke, a front page story in
Mandel Foundation's
the New York Times showed
Jerusalem Fellows pro-
Israeli mounted police bat-
gram, came to speak at
ding Israeli protesters over
the Jewish Community
the evacuation of nine West
Center of Washtenaw
Bank settlements near
C ounty in Ann Arbor on
Ramallah.
Feb. 2, I felt as though I
This photo wouldn't have
was finally meeting in
happened if Ariel Sharon
person someone I had
was still prime minister,
known for years.1
Rabbi Gordis said. "Sharon
He spoke for an hour
Rabbi Gordis
spent an entire -year, having
to a crowd of 100, focus-
the army train special
ing on Tehran, the Palestinians and the
troops to do what they did in Gaza."
internal struggle among Israelis.
Near Ramallah, where 200 people
Right now, the Iranian situation psy-
were injured, several critically, "they
chologically reverses history 60 years, he used the border police who aren't well
said.
trained, who are known to be a relatively
"The whole idea to create a Jewish .
violent bunch:' he said.
state was to put the Jew in the position
The West Bank settlers are ideologi-
where you are never a passive onlooker,
cally more fervent; and after the
as your enemies decide what to do with
Palestinian elections, Hamas is, "now
you," he said. "As' horrible as the second
sworn to our destruction, so the idea of
intifada was, we weren't defenseless.
giving up land to them seems just
When we had to invade Jenin, we did it.
incredibly insane."
At tremendous cost, but we did it.... As
Rabbi Gordis calls it a tremendous
much as there were too many victims
internal challenge. "People are now using
[during the intifada] in the Israeli side,
a phrase in-Israel that you've never used
we were never without what to do. With
to hear, `The State of Judea:
Iran we are without what to do:'
"The State of Israel is the state of the
The Palestinian elections showed that weak Jews; the State of Judea is the state
the peace process is dead, even though
of the proud Jews. That kind of language
Hamas was not elected because of its
is extremely frightening;' he said."That's
harsh stance on Israel, Rabbi Gordis
something that four years ago would
said.
have been unthinkable." ❑
"Most Palestinians vote the way you
or I vote," he said. "We want our kids to
Harry Kirsbaum's e-mail address is
get good education, and we want food
hkirsbaum@thejewishnews.com .
on the table, and we hate when we have
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